# Is the UK legally obliged to redress the harms of slavery?

https://mins.news/en/video/50199

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-08 18:12 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri1_-M_Dcw4

> Jamaica is asking the British king to refer three questions about the transatlantic slave trade to a London court: whether enslaving Africans was unlawful under English law at the time, whether it amounted to crimes against humanity under international law, and whether Britain therefore owes reparations. Jamaica hopes the answers will establish a legal basis for its claim.

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